News, articles and information about Jewish art, architecture, and historic sites. This blog includes material to be posted on the website of the International Survey of Jewish Monuments (www.isjm.org).

Saturday, May 4, 2013

New Publication: ARS JUDAICA, Volume 9

New Publication: ARS JUDAICA, Volume 9The newest volume of Ars Judaica is now available. Here is the table of contents and information on ordering. If your University Library does not subscribe - it should!

Jewish Art in Modern Times: A New Appraisal
Samantha Baskind and Larry Silver, Jewish Art: A Modern History
WALTER CAHN

Ars Judaica is an annual publication of the Department of Jewish Art at
Bar-Ilan University. It showcases the Jewish contribution to the visual
arts and architecture from antiquity to the present from a variety of
perspectives, including history, iconography, semiotics, psychology,
sociology, and folklore. As such it is a valuable resource for art
historians, collectors, curators, and all those interested in the visual
arts.

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This blog provides news and opinion articles about Jewish art, architecture and historic sites - especially those where something new is happening. Developed in connection with news gathering for the International Survey of Jewish Monuments website (www.isjm.org), this blog highlights some of the most interesting Jewish sites around the world, and the most pressing issues affecting them.

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Samuel D. GruberI am a cultural heritage consultant involved in a wide variety of
documentation, research, preservation, planning, publication, exhibition
and education projects in America and abroad.
I was trained as a medievalist, architectural historian and
archaeologist, but for 25 years my special expertise has developed in
Jewish art, architecture and historic sites. My various blogs about Jewish Art and Monuments, Central New York and Public Art and Memory allow me to
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passing on to a broader public just some of the interesting and
compelling information from projects I am working on, or am following.
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This illustrated lecture will discuss how during the period of Jewish emancipation in Europe during the 19th century, as Jews achieved more and more political freedom in Europe, Jewish artists re-invented Jewish art. They produced a body of work based on the Hebrew Bible, synagogue life, and the Jewish world in which they were raised. By the end of the 19th century, academically trained artists were also addressing Jewish social and political themes in their art as well as religious traditions. This lecture introduces the work of many often forgotten artists such as Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, Solomon Alexander Hart, Alphonse Levy, Edouard Brandon, Simeon Salomon and many others.

In the independent studios of the early 20th century many of these trends continued, though styles and subjects changed. Many Jewish artists actively engaged in and promoted new art styles including impressionism, Art Nouveau, cubism, fauvism, expressionism and constructivism – sometimes distancing themselves from all things Jewish, and sometimes building on Jewish themes. Well known Jewish Impressionists and Modernists included Camille Pissarro, Jozef Israëls, Max Libermann, Marc Chagall, and Amadeo Modigliani. Most of these Jewish painters- with the exception of Chagall – only occasional referenced Judaism in their art, though collectively they influenced how 20th century Jews viewed, understood and collected art.

In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of New York City’s Landmarks law and the Landmarks Preservation Board, architectural historian and preservationist I will trace the rich and varied architectural history of New York synagogues emphasizing remarkable buildings that have been lost, those that have been lovingly restored, and a significant number of noteworthy buildings that could and should be preserved. Some of the most notable of these buildings have been recognized as New York City Landmarks and others are included in recognized Historic Districts. Throughout this richly illustrated lecture This talk will introduce the necessary features that define all synagogues and the special features, including changing architectural styles and building configurations that are quintessentially New York.